Hey orgers,

I just wanted to share a story with you. People at work found out that I was going to 2 of 3 concerts in Philly next week and they laughed at me, as I inquired to what shows they have seen, I was stunned and embarassed for them.

Do any of you have this problem??

It gets better, this person has seen in concert (r u ready for this)
Debbie Gibson
Tesla
Gordon Lightfoot
Bette Midler
Shaggy
BSB
Brooks and Dunn
Posion
and is going to see barry manilow

R U F!@#%$ kidding me!!!!

Please share your stories!! Also FYI I am taking 2 people from work to one of the shows, and the are pretty hyped about it as well.

There is only one person I work with that continues to laugh at me about Prince. I have been working at the same place for almost 6 years so everyone knows how much I like his music, and a few people who did make fun of me or him now at least acknowledges his talent (especially this year).

The funniest thing about the woman who laughs at me about Prince is infactuated with 2 somewhat decent artists (Edwin McCain and Will Hogue) who have both posted major props on their websites to Prince. I just laugh and tell her, see? I just want her to admit that the guy is talented. I don't care if you don't like his music, just respect his talent.

My roomate back in my military days had a field day making fun of me for liking Prince.

Now Fast Forward 5 years:

He emailed me about a year ago and I found out that he owned several albums!!!

He emailed me 2 months ago and was looking forward to seeing him for the first time in concert.

The ones that truly appreciate music tend to give in and appreciate Prince. But anyone who has seen Debbie Gibson will never understand. Just give them some Hillary Duff tickets instead--it's a waste cause.

Anyone who laughs or says Stuff about Prince is a DICK! He's My Favorite and The Best and NOBODY is as Talented.

I think she is now called Deborah Gibson.

Everyone at my work thinks I am a big weirdo because I have a symbol on my car and one on the back of my office door.

malliekgirl said:

That is wierd.

All the damn time. Im a 29 year old married dude who grew up in hickville, AR. I try to defend him, but what do you say when my buddies see a cover of Lovesexy or those stupid Versace pictures

DarkKnight1 said:

err.. He's a pianeering metro-sexual?

me and my best friend at work, are a wierd pair walking down the street. while i'm a prince fan and r&b and into hip hop, he's kinda goth and loves industrial music and electro type music, dresses in black, has a mohawk, etc,etc when i was on the phone with my sister at work i told her i going to a prince concert and i was excited, he just started laughing- but thats okay cause i laugh at him and call his music "angry music".

weird?

heybaby said:

I love both Prince and Industrial Music. One of my old girlfriends called it Haunted House Music.

DarkKnight1 said:

You see thats the #1 issue with Prince...People get so wrapped up in his image and persona they completely lose track on how brilliant a musician Prince happens to be....

AsianBomb777 said:

my towns population was 1600. No Mcdonalds, no Wendys, no MTV, and sure as hell no metro-sexual.

DarkKnight1 said:

Move. Any city that doesn't have homosexuals, metrosexuals, and at least one section that has no clue how to speak english, is a city devoid of any real fun.

No, I think the people I work with now admire and respect Prince. As a matter of fact, one of them told me they saw Prince when he came to NY.

Yes, my co-workers trip out all the time and sweat me about Prince. But that's ok, they call my office the Prince Shrine as I have calendars, concert tix, pictures, clippings, etc. all over my office. But the good thing is that they try to keep me up to date and always cut out pics in case I didn't already have them!

AsianBomb777 said:

I moved 10 years ago. right out of high school. I live in Dallas now. most people are still stupid though. All I listened to back in the day was Prince, Michael Jackson, Public Enemy, and U2. Unlike the Dolly Parton shit me parents beat me to death with

None of my co-workers hate Prince. Only one co-worker is younger than me and she is a casual Prince fan. As a matter of fact, she went to the concert with me. Another co-worker is older than me and she listens to a little of his stuff. Everyone else is around my age and they are casual Prince fans. Most of them were big fans until "Around The World In A Day". They like "Kiss" after that, and that is it.

DarkKnight1 said:

Don't know much about Dallas, but I loved Houston. Great city for partying.

Nothing Beats Tampa/Orland/Miami though. (Yeah, I know everyone thinks they're place is the best).

AsianBomb777 said:

I did 10 years ago right out of high school. I live in Dallas now. hillbilly, but not as bad.

DarkKnight1 said:

My bad, ive got laptop issues.

I have a couple of co-workers that were always ripping on Prince when I mentioned him. Oddly enough though, after his performance @ the RRHOF they admitted he was damn good on the guitar (re: Harrison tribute)

AsianBomb777 said:

Dallas is great except hotter than hell. Im a big Cowboy fan, so that helps. Always great concerts and sporting events.

Zelaira said:

malliekgirl said:

heybaby said:

Get him to try 1999. That oughta do 'im.

Don't let it get you down. Your co-workers are obviously morons with zero musical taste. That list of concerts that person has seen is like a best of the worst music ever.

I live in a pretty small town in the Midwest and work in a bar. Not long after I went to a Prince concert in May, I had a night off work and went in there wearing my new Prince tshirt. My manager came up to me and said "You sure have guts wearing that in here" So I asked her why and she couldn't come up with anything.